(12) May 15

Give back midterm exams
Go over homework exercises on language change
Project discussion
EME lecture
GVS exercise?

Here is the PPT for the Early Modern English period.




Readings:

Shorter reading:


This one is really long, has a lot of info if you want to read it.


Great Vowel Shift Exercise:


Strong and Weak Verb Exercise

Links:

1549 marriage ceremony from the Book of Common Prayer
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/1549/Marriage_1549.htm

1662 Marriage Ceremony
http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/occasion/marriage.html

1550 Marriage Ceremony put to music
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Merbecke/Merbecke.htm

Borrowed word quiz:
http://www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/lang/etymolquiz.htm